Outrighted To Triple-A: Randy Wells

Randy Wells cleared waivers and the Cubs outrighted him to Triple-A Iowa, MLB.com's Carrie Muskat reports (on Twitter). The Cubs designated the right-hander for assignment two days ago after he posted a 5.34 ERA with 4.4 K/9 and 7.5 BB/9 in 28 2/3 innings of work.

He’s never had high velocity; when he first came up he had pinpoint control, which is what made him so effective his rookie year. He just lost his control this year. If he ever regains it, which is well within the realm of possibility, he could at least provide some nice rotation depth.

He was something to watch when he was a rookie, wasn’t he? Like a young Greg Maddux. I’d love to see Wells get it together again, but I don’t know if he ever will. Sad as it is to say, I think he’d benefit more from a change of scenery than anything else.

He isn’t “completely ineffective”. You seem to forget that he suffered an injury a season ago and has likely not fully recovered from that injury. He was great before the injury but has struggled to regain his form since then.

You must have overlooked the Padres before making this comment. The Cubs are essentially rebuilding, while the Padres are old and bad. They have many more years on their team than the Cubs. Wells has struggled lately, as I have mentioned in several comments, due to the injury he suffered a year ago. He is still trying to regain the form he had pre-injury.